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Ein alt bekannter Serienmörder schlägt zurück und sucht gierig sein nächstes Opfer... Stille ist eingekehrt im nächtlichen New York, der Central Park ruht unter einer dicken Schneeschicht – eine Szenerie, wie sie idyllischer kaum sein könnte. Wäre da nicht die Frauenleiche, die in eben diesem Park an einem eingefrorenen Brunnen lehnt. Die Handschrift der Tat ist unverkennbar: Serienmörder Temple Brooks Gault hat wieder zugeschlagen. Er wird noch weiter morden, doch bald wird klar, dass er es eigentlich nur auf ein Opfer abgesehen hat: Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta.

A call to action for all mothers of every hue and color to help save Black mothers who are dying during childbirth at three times the national rate. We invite all women to support and share this tale that explores a community's effort to protect Black mothers during their most vulnerable times in childbirth.

Four months after pulling a young boy from the freezing water while off duty, Tucker is struck by a car and shot. When he wakes up and finds the woman he’s had his eye on standing vigil over him, he’s thankful to be alive, but after weeks of therapy, Tucker still isn’t getting the feeling back in his legs, and the mind games are starting to wreak havoc on him.

When renowned psychiatrist Dr. Justin Wright takes on Frank Devlin as a patient, he quickly discovers Frank’s mind is unlike anything he’s encountered before. Determined to help, Justin plunges into Frank’s psyche, unaware that he’s opened the door to something far darker than he ever imagined. What begins as a desperate attempt to heal a broken mind spirals into a nightmare of manipulation, deceit, and tragedy, for Justin and his family.

Dr. Kay Scarpetta ermittelt gegen ein mörderisches Phantom und bringt sich selbst in große Gefahr... Kann Scarpetta das Phantom fangen oder fängt das Phantom Scarpetta? Ein spannender Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt. Unter großem öffentlichem Protest wird der Schwarze Ronnie Joe Waddell in Virginia auf dem elektrischen Stuhl hingerichtet. Wenig später bekommt es die Gerichtsmedizinerin Dr. Kay Scarpetta mit einem grausamen Mord an einem Dreizehnjährigen zu tun, den eigentlich nur Waddell begangen haben kann - nach seiner Obduktion.

A race against time to bring the cure for a deadly virus to a dying spouse. Although the Covid-19 pandemic is ravaging the world, Dr. Mark Spencer’s small town in Northern Ontario is largely unaffected, other than being in lockdown and preparing for the potential onslaught. When his wife, Sarah—already attending a conference in Florida when the borders close—becomes deathly ill, she is admitted to a local hospital with minimal resources to treat Covid patients.

When a student in Professor Brad Parker's lab at the Maine Translational Research Institute in Wells is wrongfully accused of sharing answers on an exam, he tries to help. Only to encounter a series of unexpected obstacles. Burglary. Bribery. A suspicious suicide. And then the professor who accused the students of cheating is killed. Leaving Brad and his fiancée, FBI Agent Karen Richmond, desperately trying to understand what's going on behind the scenes.

Tanna Christensen spent countless hours planning for her first gross anatomy dissection, but nothing could have prepared her for what she’s found. Beneath her scalpel lies a cadaver riddled with disturbing genetic abnormalities—evidence pointing to an unthinkable crime.

Nothing is as dangerous as a government agency scorned. When Dr. Meiling Chen-Adams is threatened with prison for practicing without a license and accused of killing people in Africa with her monoclonal antibodies, she finds herself in the crosshairs of a high-stakes political battle.

Anthony is not the man everyone believes him to be. And Emelia is not the woman he wants her to be. Theirs was a whirlwind romance, Anthony was the doting boyfriend, the charismatic and successful career man who swept her off her feet. But now Emelia is trapped in a marriage of dark secrets and obsession. She is no more than something Anthony wants to 'fix', one of his pet projects. Emelia has no escape from the life that Anthony insists on controlling, so she shares her story through the only means she can – her blog. Yet Anthony can never find out.

Wie fühlt es sich an, ein Experiment zu sein? Alice hofft auf ein normales Leben: Liebe, Freunde, Arbeit. Doch ihre Eltern wollen sie für immer in die Anstalt stecken. Eine berüchtigte Psychiatrie, versteckt unter der Zentrale eines Pharmakonzerns. In letzter Sekunde flieht Alice aus der elterlichen Villa im bayerischen Grünwald, trampt Richtung Norden und taucht in Hamburg unter. Aber die Hetzjagd auf sie hat längst begonnen. Angeführt von Viktor, dem brutalen Söldner, der für die Anstalt die Drecksarbeit erledigt. Denn Alice ist mehr als eine normale junge Frau.

Brain surgeon and unlikely war hero, Ryan Brenan, has it all. A booming practice, a beautiful home in an idyllic setting, and a happy loving family. Then, the apparitions begin.

Es roch die ganze Zeit nach Braten und nach der Pfeife des Finnen, aber einmal spürte Klimow auch den ausgesprochenen Geruch von Weihrauch. Es wurde ihm davon übel, und er schrie: „Weihrauch! Fort mit dem Weihrauch!“

Cheyenne must overcome her mistrust of the army ranger who says he is trying to save her life in order to help him, to live, to stay alive herself, and hope for a future. As she lays dying, she wonders what might have been had she trusted Scott. Scott must stop the family who is bent on deconstructing the country with a bioweapon and find a way back to Cheyenne before she dies.

Weil die Wahrheit spitze Dornen haben kann: "Die Zerrissenen", der dritte Band der Thriller-Trilogie von Stephanie Fey. Mit stiller Verzweiflung – oder eiskaltem Kalkül... Eigentlich soll die Rechtsmedizinerin Carina Kyreleis die Polizei bei den Ermittlungen um eine Serie von Grabschändungen unterstützen, doch dann entwickelt eine Routineuntersuchung eine erschreckende Dynamik: Carina begutachtet die Leiche eines Strafgefangenen, der sich angeblich selbst erhängt hat – und erkennt Ungereimtheiten, die sie an ein lang zurückliegendes, blutrotes Kapitel der deutschen Geschichte erinnern.

Bullied, overlooked and under-appreciated, Lissa McColl learns at an early age to do very bad things. As a nurse, she is respected and valued for the first time in her life. But Lissa hates her job and the selfish, rude and inconsiderate people she has to deal with. But being underestimated in this job had its advantages. Lissa can get close to people, find out their secrets… sometimes with deadly results.

Set against the backdrop of a large London teaching hospital, Brain Fog delves into the life of Andrew Payne, a highly successful neurosurgeon who has everything on the outside, yet on the inside is not ok.

It's 1957, and three young women are beginning their nursing training at the Florence Nightingale Hospital in London's East End. Winne desperately wants to win her mother's approval - but will following in her footsteps and becoming a nurse help? Tearaway Viv has never been one to follow the rules, though the Nightingale may help her mend her ways. Beth is following her late sister's dream by training as a nurse. Will it be the right path for her? There's a steep learning curve ahead. But with friendship on their side, the Nightingale Daughters are ready to rise to the challenge.

A witty and touching tale about mismatched expectations and living life in the moment, from the author of cherished ebook bestseller, The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village It's never too late for the adventure of a lifetime . . . Heather Winterbottom has worked side by side with her...

After an ancient virus is unearthed in an Egyptian tomb by an archaeology grad student, he unwittingly sets it loose in a small Northwestern town. Cats begin acting strange and aggressive, forming packs and roaming the streets after dark, attacking people and dogs. Human victims of these attacks develop vertical pupils as they begin to lose their minds.